1. Pearl Avenue is "cut off/Before it has a chance" just as...
2. Except for one that is "more of a football type", the "idiot pumps" represent...
3. The speaker of "Ex-Basketball Player" makes a comparison between wild birds and...
4. What is Flick's most important action?
5. The speaker on Updike's poem suggests that Flick is not more successful in life is because he-
6. The speaker of Lucille Clifton's poem compares Miss Rosie to-
7. How did Rosie used to look?
8. How did Rosie used to look?
9. The controversial tone of "miss rosie" tells you that this poem is-
10. Give one example of alliteration in "Ex-Basketball Player" except-
Thursday, June 10, 2010
"I Am Offering This Poem"/"since feeling is first"
1. The speaker of Baca's poem offers the poem as a gift because he...
2. The speaker of Baca's poem asks the recipient to...
3. In Baca's poem, the speaker hopes that his poem will...
4. In Baca's poem the repetition of the same line following each stanza...
5. In the construction of "since feeling is first", E.E. Cummings...
6. The premise of "since feeling is first" is that...
7. According to the speaker in "since feeling..." what is better than wisdom?
8. To Cummings, the flutter of his love's eyelids tells him that...
9. Cummings urges his readers to...
10. What is the message of "since feeling..."?
2. The speaker of Baca's poem asks the recipient to...
3. In Baca's poem, the speaker hopes that his poem will...
4. In Baca's poem the repetition of the same line following each stanza...
5. In the construction of "since feeling is first", E.E. Cummings...
6. The premise of "since feeling is first" is that...
7. According to the speaker in "since feeling..." what is better than wisdom?
8. To Cummings, the flutter of his love's eyelids tells him that...
9. Cummings urges his readers to...
10. What is the message of "since feeling..."?
"The Masque of the Red Death"
1. The events of the story are related to...
2. What is unusual about where the masquerade takes place?
3. "Gaudy and fantastic appearances" are created at the masquerade ball by...
4. Few people dare to enter the black apartment because...
5. Prince Prospero is a person who basically desires...
6. Under the circumstances the appearance and behavior of guests at the ball come accross as...
7. When Prince Prospero confronts the strangely masked guest, the prince...
8. The outcome of the story is that...
9. An allegory is a...
10. In "The Masque of the Red Death", the red mask probably stands for...
2. What is unusual about where the masquerade takes place?
3. "Gaudy and fantastic appearances" are created at the masquerade ball by...
4. Few people dare to enter the black apartment because...
5. Prince Prospero is a person who basically desires...
6. Under the circumstances the appearance and behavior of guests at the ball come accross as...
7. When Prince Prospero confronts the strangely masked guest, the prince...
8. The outcome of the story is that...
9. An allegory is a...
10. In "The Masque of the Red Death", the red mask probably stands for...
"Through the Tunnel"
1. Jerry's mother allows him to go to the beach by the wild bay because she...
2. Jerry is fascinated by the boys at the wild bay because...
3. When Jerry masks his shame at not having found the tunnel because he was clowning around, the other boys...
4. What best describes Jerry's attitude toward going through the tunnel?
5. In addition to overcoming the dangers of the water, Jerry has to contend with...
6. In the end, while eating lunch, Jerry tells his mother...
7. What is a possible theme of "Through the Tunnel"?
8. A reader finds the symbolic meaning of the story by...
9. The most important symbol of the story is...
10. The wild bay is a symbol for...
2. Jerry is fascinated by the boys at the wild bay because...
3. When Jerry masks his shame at not having found the tunnel because he was clowning around, the other boys...
4. What best describes Jerry's attitude toward going through the tunnel?
5. In addition to overcoming the dangers of the water, Jerry has to contend with...
6. In the end, while eating lunch, Jerry tells his mother...
7. What is a possible theme of "Through the Tunnel"?
8. A reader finds the symbolic meaning of the story by...
9. The most important symbol of the story is...
10. The wild bay is a symbol for...
"By the Waters of Babylon"
1. What does John encounter at the Place of the Gods?
2. The statue with the cracked name ASHING was probably a sculpture of...
3. Readers can conclude that John's father punishes him for eating the god's food because...
4. The many lights that John sees in his dream at the Place of the Gods are probably...
5. John loses his fear of the Place of the Gods because...
6. Readers can conclude that John and his people are...
7. The story's first person point of view can best be described as...
8. the author probably picked this point of view because...
9. What tone does John have as the narrator?
10. Why might the author have selected John to be the narrator?
2. The statue with the cracked name ASHING was probably a sculpture of...
3. Readers can conclude that John's father punishes him for eating the god's food because...
4. The many lights that John sees in his dream at the Place of the Gods are probably...
5. John loses his fear of the Place of the Gods because...
6. Readers can conclude that John and his people are...
7. The story's first person point of view can best be described as...
8. the author probably picked this point of view because...
9. What tone does John have as the narrator?
10. Why might the author have selected John to be the narrator?
"Catch the Moon"
1. Luis was sent to juvenile hall bfor six months because he...
2. At first, Luis wonders if he should do his full sentence at juvenile hall because...
3. How long ago did Luis get into trouble at school?
4. Luis's problems start soon after...
5. Mr. Cintron is best described as...
6. Luis likes Naomi because she is...
7. One way that Luis changes is that he...
8. The story's title refers to...
9. Luis's internal conflict is that he...
10. The theme of the story is that...
2. At first, Luis wonders if he should do his full sentence at juvenile hall because...
3. How long ago did Luis get into trouble at school?
4. Luis's problems start soon after...
5. Mr. Cintron is best described as...
6. Luis likes Naomi because she is...
7. One way that Luis changes is that he...
8. The story's title refers to...
9. Luis's internal conflict is that he...
10. The theme of the story is that...
"Notes from a Bottle"
1. What structural elements in the text tell you these notes are a kind of diary?
2. What device does Stevenson use to frame the entire story?
3. What reason does the writer give for the lack of phones and other devices?
4. What item in the story gets moved from the fourth floor to the sixth floor?
5. Langford probably moves to the tallest TV antenna because...
6. What is ambiguous about the way the flood is dealt with?
7. Who moves into the Wenker's apartment?
8. The reasons for the celebration at the beginning of the story is ambiguous. What mood does this create?
9. What is the biggest prank played in the story?
10. Wy do people probably slip out of the anrrator's apartment during the party?
2. What device does Stevenson use to frame the entire story?
3. What reason does the writer give for the lack of phones and other devices?
4. What item in the story gets moved from the fourth floor to the sixth floor?
5. Langford probably moves to the tallest TV antenna because...
6. What is ambiguous about the way the flood is dealt with?
7. Who moves into the Wenker's apartment?
8. The reasons for the celebration at the beginning of the story is ambiguous. What mood does this create?
9. What is the biggest prank played in the story?
10. Wy do people probably slip out of the anrrator's apartment during the party?
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